THE TRENCH TIMELINE

Every rug, every moon, every moment that shaped the trenches.

2009 JAN
Bitcoin Genesis Block
Satoshi mines the first block, embedding "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks." The trenches begin.
#Bitcoin
2015 JUL
Ethereum Launches
Vitalik's smart contract platform goes live. DeFi, NFTs, and a new era of gas fee complaints are born.
#Ethereum #Gas Fees #Smart Contract
2017 DEC
ICO Bubble Peak
Bitcoin hits $20K. Everyone launches an ICO. Most are vaporware.
#Vaporware #FOMO #Moonshot
2020 SUMMER
DeFi Summer
Yield farming explodes. Everyone becomes a liquidity provider. Rug pulls become industrialized.
#Yield Farming #Rug Pull #Degen
2021 JAN
GameStop / Robinhood
Robinhood turns off the buy button. Retail loses trust in TradFi forever.
#Robinhood Markets #Diamond Hands #Paper Hands
2021 NOV
All-Time High Mania
BTC hits $69K. NFTs sell for millions. Everyone thinks they're a genius.
#Generational Wealth #Moonshot #WAGMI
2022 MAY
Terra Luna Collapse
$40B evaporates overnight. UST depegs. Do Kwon becomes the most hated man in crypto.
#Rekt #It's Over #Ponzinomics
2022 NOV
FTX Collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried's empire crumbles. $8B in customer funds vanished. The Bahamas polycule enters the lexicon.
#Bahamas Polycule #Rekt #FUD
2023
Solana Memecoin Era Begins
pump.fun launches. Memecoins go from niche to mainstream. The trenches are born.
#Pump.fun #The Trenches #Jeet #Aping
2024
AI Agent Token Mania
AI meets crypto. Every project claims autonomous agents. Most are ChatGPT wrappers.
#AI Agent Token #Grift Cycle #Vaporware
2024
Points Meta Takes Over
Protocols replace airdrops with mysterious points systems. Farmers farm. Nobody knows the conversion rate.
#Points Meta #Airdrop
2024
Celebrity Token Wave
Trump, Melania, and every celebrity launch tokens. Fans become exit liquidity.
#Celebrity Token #Trump Token #Melania Token #Exit Liquidity
2025
Restaking Revolution
EigenLayer sparks recursive yield stacking. Nobody understands the risk. The APY is too good.
#Restaking #RWA
2026
Trench Dictionary Launches
The crypto slang bible goes live. 178+ words. No rugs pulled (yet).
#Trench Dictionary